Coupon printing and delivering apparatus.



J. -W. JONES. GOUPONPRINTING AND DELIVEMNG AEPARATUS.

APPLICATION II ELED MAY 22, 1909. 4 938,243 Patented 001;. 26, 1 909.

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Wane/mm J. w. JONES. COUPON PRINT ING AND DELIVERING APPARATUS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1909.

' Patented 0015.26. 1909. A.

1 ceura mmm e A m" DELIVERING memes.

- f l 1 I fieitknown'thatli, JOSHUA Jon-us, of

Harrisburg, in the county-of Dauphin and tits of Pennsylvania,"haveinvented a cergne'w and useful Improvement in Cou- Printing' andDelivering Apparatus iuihxelear, and exact description ofl'the referencebeing, bad totheaccompany J rawings, formii'ig a part of, thisspecifiand toathe The present invention sifelates to the class p or; on;printing and ideliver-ing appaifi' fetus alnd described inm prior No.901,369, dated December 22,

inp'rove the eonstructionqof'the mechanism erebygif summ n entire bodyofjprintmatter mayhe' izpplied to 'eaohcoupon, as t; sladyancedyfor; civger I to a passenger, A further. object: oil '6" invention is :tofvide a 'n eans whereby :the strip willpbe 'dvaneed regularl t heprmtedmat- V a ponssuch asnu'mpromo 1y or marked on .with portions jbroen away to illustrate 40 :lunderl parts; iis a detail section :thr'o'the printinglrolleii showing the,pre- 'ierre construeti'onf Fig, 5 is asection 'shqwi the removable prihting type and or mtainingthenrinposition in the Gen r.

i' indicate the same-parts. v

v-The device illustratedherein conforms in p "general outlineiandconstruction to the de- Jenn-that is to'say, there isafsubstantiallycylindrical casing'ihaving' a hinged cover Y to facilitate-'theiplaeingf of the roll of specifikiatiouct'lietters'Extent; japiuaummea Ma ne,wee. sem s-0' e? coupons}? hiiithei c alsing. p. t v

are'conven-ieiitlyvheld between rotary disks;

- do herehyEdeclar'e the following to be g-fignres and letters ofref-f] 1. i 4 around asecjondt guide 'rol1er c",--the guide 1,'11h bjectoflithe present invention is to.

printin' ,nnd -,delivering the coupons,

y. and with certainty so, as

y gee a the length ofone coupon. i

During the rotation. of the feeding and. platen roll and immediatelypreceding the; I engagement of, the projection D with the 1-.

Siinilur letters of reference in the severalvice illustrated in the. beforementioned part5 as in said prior device, but not illustrated fJesuits solves, or HARRISBUR rEN-NSY VA I'A.

et rsen-eases, 19s

herein, and journa'led 1 on a center s indle B;

The mn f coupons is in the ormof'n';

strip up'on which, 1f desired, suitable print-l ed matter 'ni'ay'beplaced and each coupon is given a distinctive number. From the roll thefree endj of the strip passes beneath a guide pin or roller C, thenceforwardly in guide-way formed by. protecting walls 0 and v rollera'c'being-exposed to facilitate: thread;

ingthe stripinto and through the apparaaj .tus. 'Afterpassing'around theguide" roller 0' the end of the strip is passedinwardly "F around thefeed and platen'roller D,being guided in its passage by the curvedshield or- 1 guide surface D by which theend ofgthe strip willbe'a aindirected forwardly soka-sfi to pass out of the ap aratus between the] I75-1 gripping edges of theqaws F and G which Jaws correspond to thesimilarly lettered jaws in theappara-tus offthe' prior patent;

The jaw- F isa: pivoted jaw and at one'ndcir-rie'san arm or rejection f(Fig.1) with;

whi elranfadjusta"1e:projection,1)!- pn the shaft or the feeding andplaten 1-011 D 115? adapted topengagepfor holding the. jaw. tightly itsclosed position when theroller has advanced "a distance "corresponding?o arm f a second projection D on the shaft of roller D operates an alarmdevioefor in-' -dicating that' a coufponhas been advanced for dehveryJIn the present apparatus this alarm device consists of a reedor flatspring Ewhich is adaptedto be put under tension by the proje'ctionrDand'tobe released by' the continued rotation ofthe roll. When releasedit will snap againstior;strikethe fwall ofltheFtubi lar gu-id eDf makini-amdi's' L tinctive noise which will with cer't eintyatagainstthe-coupon strip. passinglover the;

same, said printing roll, however,

being capable of a movement toward and from\ the platen and feedingroll. To permit of this movement it is journaled in movable bearings Ipreferably in the form of disks on each side of the main casing andcqnnected by adjustable rodsI' with atransverse shaft i otally connectedor hinged to' the main cas- I mounted on the movable front K of thecasing. The front K of the casing is at its upper edge pivotallyconnected with swinging section K, the latter being, in turn," iving' atis. To hold. these parts down in proper position with the printingroller bearing against the platen roller a hook or catch lever L havinga shoulde Z is mounted on the pintle connecting' the sections K and K"'of the casing and in position to have its hook N-L to pass under afixed cross-bar L :lVhen the catch is disengaged from the cross-bar Land moved outwardly and upwardly, the shoulder Zengag 2g the section Kofthe casing front will ther independent movement and further upwardmovement can only take placeby lift-- ing the entire front wall of thecasing together with the printing roller.

Mounted within the fronto'f the casing and bearing on the printingI'Oilt is an inkingi roller M, said'roller being journaled in.slotbearings'm (Fig. 1) and being adapted to be pressed downwardlyagainsf-adi printing roller by an ink distributing roller Mf mounted inslot bearings m and held down by springs M one at each side. For givingaccess to the ink distributing roller Ma movable cover K is mounted onthe section K of the casing and for giving access to the printing rollerthe lower end of the front wall of the casing-is in the form of a door Khinged at k to'the lower edge of the section K of said front wall.

By providing adjustable cont-Lotions beand to secure thisend saidrollers are provided at one em" with intermeshing gear f wheels-O O(Fig; 3). The teeth of these gears may, however, be disengaged by lift--mg the printing roller, as hereinbefore described, for instance, when astrip is being inserted or when it becomes desirable for any reasontoadju'st the-relation of the strip to 'p the printing roller so as tosecure proper tacked as before described. g c In order to impart themitlal movement arrest its fur-' to the feed roller in a COIHBIIIGIIlSmanner a rangement it registry of the type faces with the indicationsonthe coupon strip.

In the operation of the device it is de- I H signed that the edges ofthe gripping jaws G and F shall serve-as sivering or tearing edges forthe projected oupon, thus nor- 'mally leaving no projecting edge whichcan be grasped and, in order to'project the next succeeding couponor'the end of the same so that it maybe withdrawn, partial rota-- tionis imparted to the platen. and feeding,

roller, thereby opening or releasing the Jaws F and G gears O(". Havingprojected the end of the coupon strip said end is grasped by the androtating the printing rolle through the engagement of the intermeshingconductor and a coupon drawn outwardly until the aws are againautomatically closed through the engagement of the projection D with thea 'm f when the movement of the strip will be arrested and the coupon isdewiththsame hand which is to grasp the pro ected end of the coupon, areciprocatory feed lever P is journaled on one end of the shaft of thefeed roller and provided with -a pawl p adapted to engage the springpressed teeth of-the vgear wheel'On. A Q, on the lever P means whe ebyit may be depressed so asto finger piece advance the feed I'Ollc-J asutlicient distance to release the ]L\" ?Td project the'end of thecoupon far entngh to ,ena-blc'it to be readily grasped, after which thecoupon itself may be drawn out to complete the operation, yetfit sodesired, the feed lever may be itself operated a succession of timessufficient in number to advance the coupon the desired,distanceat thepropel. instant the alarm sounds as a warning that one coupon h' beenpro ect'ed. The'feed. lever P is return ed to normal position by aspring 9 secured to the casing and bearing on-a stud q on the lover. Thedisk I and feed lever itself form a casing for inclosingwthe gear wheels0- O which gear wheels may, as a conseqiu flee, be conveniently locatedon the outside of the main casing.

The printing. roller is conveniently madeser es as a convenient with astereotype metal body portion indicated by theletter H but having inopposite faces thereof recesses or chambers extending longitudinally ofthe axis'for the reception of movable and in 'er-- changeable type Radapted to be held Ta place by springs r at the ends or the recesses-orchambers. These type are adapted to print the changeable data on thecoupons and those types'not in use for the time being may L: held in areceptacle S at the top of. the-a1 varatus. The

'errnanent data to be printed on the coupons is preferably contained onthe stereotype ceases faces T, said faces being-"curved to conform Iclaim, as new and desire to secure by- Let ters Patent, is: V

1. In a device such 'liveri'ng and automatically printing consecir.tively numbered coupons from a coupon strip, the combination with acasing having coupon roll supporting means, gripping jaws for grippingthe 'stri .in rear of the projectedcoupon and fee ing and printing rollsbetween whichthe strip passes to said' aws,

of means for initially moving said feeding roll to simultaneouslyrelease, and advance the strip, embodying an operating lever having aproject-in finger piece and a clutch intermediate said lever and feedingroll;

substantial'ly as described; i

2. In a coupon holding and delivering; de- ,vice, the combination withacasing having means for holding a coupon roll, grip ing jaws forgripping the strip in rear 0 the projected coupon, strip and 006)erating projections on one of said jaws an feeding roll whereby the jawis moved into its closed position when the feeding roll is at restand-is released by a movement of the feedin roll in a direction toadvance the strip, 0 a feeding roll o p' eratin mechanism embod. in alever W- 'i' ctally mounted on the axis of the feeding roll and having aprojectingfinger'plece and a pawl on said lever for advancing thefeeding roll when the lever is depressed.

' ricd by said lever 3. In a coupon holding and delivering device, thecombination with a casing havmg means for holding a coupon roll,gripping jaws for gripping the strip in rear oi the feeding and printingprojected coupon,

the coupon isfed and rolls between which gear wheels on said rollswhereby one is driven from the other, of an operating lever,

a pawLon said lever cooperating with one of the gear wheels and a fingerpiece carping jaws, whereby said lever may be depressed. to release saidaws-and inaugurate the movement of the coupon strip.-

4. In a coupon feeding and delivering device, the combination with thecasing having means for supporting roll of coupons and ripping jaws forgripping the strip in'rear of the projected coupon,

feeding and printing rolls engaging said strip intermesh-' in advance ofthe gripping jaws,

. forv adjusting the position as described for, de- A a feeding roll forsaid means for supporting in proximity to the grip;

- the feet ing roll to of coiiperating ing connecting said feed andrinting rolls,a feed lever for inau rating t e rotation of saidrollsembodying a finger piece projecting in proximity to the grippingjaws, means whereby the gripping jaws may be closed when thefeedingroller is at rest and released when said'feedingroller isadvanced by the lever and means whereby said internieshing gears may bedisengaged of the coupon with relation to the printing roller.

5. In a coupon holding and delivering de vice, the combinati on withthecasing having means for supporting a roll of coupons, gripping jawsfor gripping the strip in rear of the projected coupon,and printing andfeeding rolls engaging the'strip in advance of said gripping jaws, of arcicip'rocatory feed lever for inauguratin the advance of the feedingroll and releasing the grippin awe from the stri a finger ")iec'c on emI L lever projecting in proximity tothe grip" ping jaws, intermeshinggears between the feed and printing rolls and an adjustable support foradvancing the printing roll toward the feeding roll, whereby thepressure of the printing surface against the coupon strip may beregulated. v

6. In a con onholdm and (halrvermgdo vice, the com matron with a casinghaving means for supporting a roll of coupons,

for gripping the strip in gripping jaws rear oi the projectedcoupomprinting and. feeding rollers coiiperating in advance of thegrippin' jaws and means for inaugurating the fee ingi'movement of thefeeding roll and the gripping jaws, embodying aiioperating lever havinga finger piece projecting in proximity to said aws, of spring pressedinking and inkdistributing rollers located above' and cotiperating withthe printing roll, substantially as described.

7. Ina coupon 'holdin vice, the combination with a casing having arollof' coupons, gripping j aws for gripping the strip in rear of theprojected coupon, feeding and printing rolls cotiperatingwith the striin advance of the gripping jaws anc whereby the movement of said feedingroll may be inauguratedandthe gri ping jaws temporarily released, ofmovab e temporarily releasing means with the strip and deliveringdebearings for the printing roll, adjustablesupportsfor locking" leverfor holding gripping jaws for gripping the strip in rear in engagementwith the feeding roll and 10 of the projected coupons and feeding,printhinged covers on said casing for giving acing and inking rolls suchas described, of a cess to the printing and inking rolls, sub-'- meanswhereby the-movement of the rolls stantially as described.

may be inaugurated and ,the gripping jaws v temporarily released,embodying a recip- JOSHUA N rocatory lever having a finger pieceprojeot- Witnesses:

ing in proximity to the gripping jaws, a WM. C. ARM012,

1 locking lever for holding the printing roll MARY E. HAUER.

